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Expressions You Hate!
Marge_Innavera:
My two "others":
1) "anymore" for "nowadays"
2) cutesy-poo euphemisms like "dayum" instead of "damn." Either say it or don't.
Marge_Innavera:
--- Quote from: LauraGigs on November 19, 2008, 03:36:11 pm ---MarieZ, word (sorry Lynne, heehee) on think outside the box. I'm looking for a job right now, and run into these stupid job description cliches all the time!
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Oh, that too -- job descriiption cliches!
how about "driven" as a euphemism for "we want somebody who's going to work himself half to death and have no life outside of the workplace"? ;)
jstephens9:
"young uns" ........ I still hate that word or phrase or whatever it is. I remember people saying things like "The young uns can sit over there."
serious crayons:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on November 29, 2008, 04:06:55 pm ---Oh, that too -- job descriiption cliches!
how about "driven" as a euphemism for "we want somebody who's going to work himself half to death and have no life outside of the workplace"? ;)
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Or "empower," as in, "We're going to empower you to [take on extra tasks]" as a euphemism for "We're going to cut positions and add to the workload of you remaining employees without increasing your pay."
In reading the list above, I realize I say several of them! For example, I often say, 'I personally,' as a sort of shorthand for IMHO. As in, "You may think such and such thing, but I personally do not believe it." Hope everyone hasn't been secretly seething about it! ;)
--- Quote from: jstephens9 on November 29, 2008, 04:48:47 pm ---"young uns" ........ I still hate that word or phrase or whatever it is. I remember people saying things like "The young uns can sit over there."
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I hate that, too, especially when applied to adults who are younger than the speaker.
delalluvia:
--- Quote from: Marge_Innavera on November 29, 2008, 04:00:55 pm ---
2) cutesy-poo euphemisms like "dayum" instead of "damn." Either say it or don't.
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You know, I never thought this was a 'cute' way of saying it. Maybe it's because I'm from the southern states? I always thought this was someone saying "damn" or "shit" with a southern accent emphasis
"Dayum"
or
"sheeit"
They are saying it. It's just with an emphatic accent.
I think what falls under your definition of cutesy are words like "beeoytch" for "bitch". But again, I don't think it's so much cutesy as a form for "polite" conversation. ;)
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